WoRMS taxon details
original description
Radashevsky, V.I.; Sikorski, A.V.; Pankova, V.V.; Choi, J.-W.; Neretina, T.V.; Prudkovsky, A.A.; Pavlova, L.V.; Tzetlin, A.B. (2023). Molecular identity of <em><em>Laonice</em> cirrata</em> (Sars, 1851) (Annelida, Spionidae) and description of a new <em>Laonice</em> species from the Northwest Pacific. <em>Russian Journal of Marine Biology.</em> 49(Suppl. 1): 29-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074023080060 page(s): S38-S42, figs. 2 [map], 4-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MIMB 42765, geounit Peter the Great Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Coastal shallow waters. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: northwestern part of the Sea of Japan. [details]
Etymology "The species is named in honor of the late academician Vladimir Leonidovich Kasyanov, one of the founders and the second director of the Institute of Marine Biology, Vladivostok, Russia, founder of the Institute’s Laboratory of embryology, and a biologist, colleague and a great man" (Radashevsky et al., 2023: S39). [details]
Habitat Sandy to silty sediments in coastal shallow waters. [details]
Type locality Vostok Bay (42.8925°N, 132.735°E), Peter the Great Bay, Russia, Sea of Japan, 9 m. [details]
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